Lt. Perry Amos of the Lafayette Police Department talks with a student Tuesday at Jefferson High School. Amos says he usually works at Jefferson one day a week. He's been there since 1992.

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Jessica Contrera
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Lafayette police Officer Amanda Williamson is more than aware of the national spotlight on school safety. But as she patrols the halls at Jefferson High School, it's not guns or extreme violence she expects to see. In fact, the only tool on her belt she has used in a school is handcuffs.

Williamson is one of 19 officers who will become part-time employees of Lafayette School Corp. at the next school board meeting on Monday. In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting in December, LSC is considering stationing off-duty police officers at all seven elementary schools.